Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 106 Waiting for the opportunity
October.

The weather has started to get colder.

Zhao Xin was also a little curious. Are Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi really not coming back?

Or……

Did his father really dare to let a five-year-old kid like him take charge of state affairs?

but……

I have to admit that he does have that ability!

at least……

If he were allowed to carry out reforms, at least he would not directly cause factional strife in the court.

You know, no matter what era it is, party struggles are extremely terrifying.

At that time, all the right and wrong will no longer matter.

Everyone will look for opportunities to blame each other, and slowly, there will be no one in the court who really wants to do anything.

"What is your highness Prince Yu doing here?"

The back garden of the palace.

Gao Taotao brought the daughters of the fallen officers and found Zhao Xin.

And Zhao Xin...

Just relaxing.

Then he said, "Relax."

Gao Taotao also asked Zhao Xin: "Does Your Highness Prince Yu want to play together?"

In fact, Gao Taotao and Zhao Xin are not very familiar with each other.

It's a relationship between strangers who know each other.

but……

Madam Miao told her to go find Zuixing to play when she is free.

She also said in front of the Empress and Miao Niang at the time, "He is so busy, does he have time to play?"

Then Madam Miao said, "It's because we're busy that we have to play. Otherwise, we'll be exhausted if we're busy all day."

Although Gao Taotao was still young at this time, he seemed to understand something.

Well……

Did he want her to persuade His Royal Highness Prince Yu not to work so hard?

But what is her identity?

Is it her turn to persuade?

Or……

Madam Miao is interested in her.

Want her to be the wife of His Royal Highness Prince Yu?
But she is seven years older than His Royal Highness Prince Yu!
They are simply not suitable for each other!
……

Zhao Xin was still hesitating whether to play with them.

after all……

You really treat me as a child.

I am no longer a three-year-old child, okay!

I have participated in politics!

Then...

Zhao Xin asked, "So what do you usually play?"

Gao Taotao never expected that His Royal Highness Prince Yu, who had already participated in state affairs, was just a little brat!

Then he asked, "Playing Cuju, flying a kite, or playing the swing?"

Zhao Xin said, "I have no interest in these. Hmm...but I can try Cuju. How do you play Cuju?"

Actually, Zhao Xin wanted to form a football team so that if they performed in Tokyo, it should be able to provide some jobs and earn some money from ticket sales.

But playing football requires a large field.

This is actually not very suitable for a place like Tokyo where every inch of land is valuable.

after all……

We need an area as big as a football field to turn it into a shop, which will bring higher profits.

In addition...

Zhao Xin also wants to open another clothing store.

I specialize in sexy lingerie.

But it seems that at his age, it is not very suitable to do this. Zhao Xin thinks that when he grows up a little bit, he will be able to do it.

They specifically targeted the concubines of wealthy businessmen, prostitutes in brothels, clerks and the like.

What we sell is style and creativity.

If he could sell one piece for a few strings of coins or a dozen strings of coins, he would have a source of money for his military expenses.

All I can say is that at his current rate of making money, it is still difficult for him to support his own soldiers and civilians.

of course!

He had planned to start developing the Nanyang and Xuchang areas after the rebellions of Zhang Hai and Guo Miaoshan in Shaanxi were quelled.

Xuchang is just 200 miles away from Kaifeng, and is a sparsely populated area.

It is said that because of the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, many people fled, and then things like rivers, farmland and irrigation were abandoned.

The Song Dynasty has been established for at least eighty years, but in the past eighty years, no one has restored the farmland and water conservancy facilities in these places. It is conceivable...

What on earth have these officials of the Song Dynasty been doing for the past eighty years?

It’s been eighty years!

No one said they wanted to recover.

But think about it!

Do you think it's easy to restore farmland water conservancy facilities?

Except at the beginning of a country, when everyone was poor, it didn't matter if it was a little bit hard. Generally, at the beginning of every dynasty, it was a time of hard struggle and the people were not afraid of hard work.

The founding of the Song Dynasty was different from that of other dynasties, because it immediately stopped suppressing annexations.

and so……

The ministers' attention naturally went to the outskirts of large cities with good transportation conditions and large populations.

Then places like Nanyang and Xuchang, which were originally deserted due to war, are no longer visited by anyone.

To reclaim wasteland, huge investment is required in the early stages.

And in the past few years, it's hard to say whether you can get much return.

therefore……

The officials of the Song Dynasty would rather stay in the big cities than redevelop those deserted places.

at this point……

It feels far inferior to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty at least had an immigration legend about a big locust tree whose name I forgot.

But that’s just right!
Leaving this place vacant is most beneficial to Zhao Xincai. In the future, he can use this place to settle refugees, cultivate land, raise horses, and train troops.

Cao Cao used Xuchang to control the princes, defeated Zhang Xiu in Nanyang, destroyed Yuan Shu in Shouchun, defeated Yuan Shao in Guandu, killed Lu Bu in Xuzhou, and defeated Ma Chao and Han Sui in Tongguan, thus sweeping the north. This base, it can be said, was in Xuchang!
Moreover, the Yingchuan gentry was also very famous.

Why don't I follow Cao Cao's example, use Xuchang and Nanyang as my base, develop my own power, and then conquer the world in one fell swoop.

cough!
It's just that he is still too young and hasn't even learned how to ride a horse.

otherwise……

By now he would probably have already ridden his horse to Xuchang and Nanyang to check out the local situation.

Gao Taotao went back and brought the Cuju.

Immediately afterwards...

He explained to Zhao Xin how to play Cuju.

Of course!
Those difficult moves cannot be performed without several months of training, unless one has extraordinary talent.

So even Gao Taotao is not very good at it.

but……

If you don’t know how, you can just kick blindly.

Things like juggling the ball, I can only say that this made Zhao Xin a little shocked.

Because Gao Taotao actually knows how to do it, although he is not that proficient!
But at least it can bounce three or five times before stopping.

Compared to Zhao Xin who couldn't even flip it once, she is already much stronger than Zhao Xin.

After all, Zhao Xin was the one whose physical education classes were all taken up by the Chinese teacher.

Then he said to Gao Taotao: "You are not fun like this!"

Gao Taotao also said: "Then how do you want to play, Your Highness Prince Yu?"

Zhao Xin said, "Let's make two doors. It will be more fun!"

This became the way football is played in later generations.

then……

Zhao Xin can rely on his brute strength to rush around. At least, the ball is on the ground, which can make up for his shortcoming of not being able to juggle the ball.

(End of this chapter)